Lightened Butternut Squash Curry + Black Rice - FOOD PHOTO SHOOT

Good, because I’ve got one today that I’m hoping you’l love. I don’t make Indian food nearly as often as I should. I thoroughly enjoy all the flavors involved in curries but the reason I don’t add these recipes to the menu too often is because not everyone in my house likes them like I do.

Hey, that’s fine with me by the way, as a foodie I’ve accepting taking the teasing I sometimes get from my family about some of the strange foods I love. For example, I love brussels sprouts. I know it’s not everyone’s favorite, but I don’t care. I’ll just be over here shamelessly chowing on my sprouts and the haters can go eat a biscuit. Haha, I’m kidding (mostly).

Anyway, this was one of the rare times when I just really needed to make a curry so I went for it. I also decided to serve it with some of my beloved black rice. Would you believe me if I told you this black rice is from the same very small bag I used the last time I shared a recipe using black rice?

I’m guessing it must seem like if it’s made its way onto the blog I must make it a lot, but honestly it’s not very common for me. I just happen to love how it looks and whenever I do cook it I can’t help adding it to a photo of something. Although, I do love the taste and texture as well. It’s a very nutty rice with a great bite to it. If you haven’t tried it I’d recommend it.

If you’re familiar with Thai and Indian cuisine at all you might know that they use quite a bit of coconut milk and sometimes nut butters. While I absolutely will not be giving up these things anytime ever, I realize they’re not exactly on the light side so I thought it would be nice to make a lighter version to show how it can be done without sacrificing flavor.

There’s actually 2 ways of doing it, one is the vegan version using lite coconut milk and chickpeas and the other version uses non-fat Greek yogurt and chicken. Both versions are delicious but since I’m obsessed with Greek yogurt I tend to go for that one more often.

I’ll share the details on it in the recipe though so you can choose the one that best fits your needs. Oh, and lastly, I was keeping this pretty much as light as possible by using powdered peanut butter, but it can easily be substituted with regular peanut butter if you prefer a creamier curry.

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Haha, well sometimes I do get hungry but I just get so distracted by my love for the art in food photography. It is hard to find the time though, you are correct, but it gets a bit easier with practice. Thanks @jfolkmann!

Looks amazing! And that broccolini is calling my name! We make lots of curries in our house but they're not nearly this beautiful! I always always use coconut milk because I just love the flavour with the spices... I don't care how rich it is! Numnumnum! Iwill have to put black rice down on my next shopping list... I've often wondered what it tastes like but you've convinced me to give it a try if only for its beauty!
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Looks healthy and delicious! We are loving the wild black rice as if the curry won't fill you up then the rice should. Great colours and we shall keep the recipe close by or just come on Steemit and look at your blog for it again.
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Squash curry is my favourite....I have never tried black rice I think I should try now as it looks soo delicious in the pictures.....lovely photography @gringalicious.....thank you for sharing the recipe...it looks delicious

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So actually i'm pescatarian so I was planning to swap the chicken out for prawns. I got all the ingredients, but couldn't find any decent prawns in the supermarket. I live in KL you see. Hopefully i'll try this coming week and will definitely send you some photos when I do!